https://thorntonco.cvlcollections.org/files/original/ea9313c02149a94ad43ea41b435ec63f.pdf f4c7b2285e74b14717eaf37169bf1dc4 PDF Text Text i t~ :'' -~ -·=-. ''THE· c rrv CHATTEP'' Vol. 8, No. 10 October 31, 1979 THORNTON EMPLOYEE'S NElvSLETTER .City Mgr's Report The Main Event The night is drawing nigh and this year's Employee Christmas party is turning into "The Main Event" with a little help from everyone. Remember those hilarious awards handed out last year? Was there. one you thought someone in your department should have received? If you can think of an individual who. is deserving of a somewhat questionable honor, let Pete at the Recreation Center know (ext. 265). He's a new employee and just doesn't know anybody well enough, but he can sure keep a secret, so give him a call. Mark your calendars for Fri. December 14th because that is when this Main Event is taking place. From 8:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. music from D1e40's, 501s, 60's and the contemporary sounds of the 70's will be featured a la Pat Downey and his great disc jockey sounds. The DenverDowntown Holiday Inn is the place at 15th and GlenArm with parking available on the premises. Tickets will go on sale at the Recreation Center on Nov. 1st, $3.50/Co~ple and $2.00/ Single. There will be a cash bar aBd lots of delicious horsd' oeuvres to include Jumbo shrimp on ice, chicken drumettes, and chinese eggrolls, just to name a few. See you there!!!! . n I l ' . Except for wrapping up, the United Way Campaign for 1979 has come to a close. I thought you might be interested in the results we obtained. At the outset of the campaign, several cities in Adams County were challenged by the City of Westminster to e~ceed last year's contributions by at least 20%. I chose not to conduct the campaign in Thornton on a contest basis, but had I done so, we surely would have been in the running for first place due to the fact that we exceeded the contributions of last year b~ 123%! Out total contribution l~3t year was $1312.00. This year it totaled $2,925.08. Our percentag~ rate increased from 13 to 20.3, and our average gift went from $38.58 to $45 per participant. I appreciate the time that many of you took to view the slide show and certainly your contributions to help those less fortunate than we in the coming months. I also wish to acknowledge the fine effort of Sandy Kailey in coordinat.:_•ng the fund irive, I think we can all take pride in the outcome of our United Way Campaign - 19790 r, \ ' '·"""'~·~. 1 Iif I>' ,J "'?. ~ i' l /;• ~, ..:; 12 t.i1 w. P ' •i f ;,,..c. •',11 !r,,, fl ',<--r,v--~\\ 't\ \ I;r,. \1 <'~ r" H ))\ b...£1.,j ~ -1\, i""~ I f°;"'"'.11' 1'l'(~r, • ' n I l ;,.,-~ '!\\,, !l ,i \ 4 i:.~~u \:ii �Grease Mo11J~ey Memos We have had a little population explosion in the Fleet Maintenance Department. Chris Carpenter and Rich Wynn, (both day shift mechanics) have recently become new fathers. Chris and his wife Debbie are very proud to announce a new baby daughter, Rebekah Kay, born Sept. 26th at 8:05 P.M. and weighing in at 5 lbs. 10 Oz. and being 20" long. Rich and wife are blessed with a little offspring named Anthony Lee, born on Oct. 2nd at 10:40 p.m., and tipping the scale at 7 Lbs. 8 Oz. and being 19½" long. Congratulations to both Chris and Rich!! P.S. I wonder who takes the most turns getting up at night? One of our vendors came in the other day, and during some office chatter, came up with some real cute memos to hand out to the customers along his business route. I thought that everyone would appreciate these, so I'm sending them along to you. Below are listed the ones I liked best. I hope that these will cheer you up, and keep your day going!!! 1. There are FOUR MAIN BONES in every organization: THE WISHBONES - wishing somebody would do something about THE JAWBONES - doing all the talking but nothing else THE KNUCKLE BONES - that knock everything, and THE BACKBONES - that carry the load and do the work. 2. BE ALERT! alerts are very popular. 3. A clean desk is a sign of a sick mind. 4. Be nice to me - I've had a hard day. PAT REFFEL Public Works Savs · ... 2 < } First of all, we would like to offer our congratulations to Sharon Brooke our Clerk II, for being nruued Employee of the Month. Sharon has been in our Department since January, 1979, and we are very proud of her. We are very happy to have Steve Young back with us. Steve has been out with back surgery but has recovered and is doing fine. We have added a new member to our staff in Street Engineering. Her name is D~lphine Sandoval and she is our part-time Clerk. She will be working mornings helping Sharon. Welcome Aboard, Delphine. Also along that same line, we are finally going to be able to fill our Project Engineer position. We are very happy to have this position filled with Stephen Swanson. Steve comes from Gainsville, Florida, and is looking forward to living -in Colorado and working with us. He is due to begin November 12 and we can hardly wait. As general information, we would like you all to know that Public Works has on hand 100 "=11' aerial and topographic maps of the entire city. We have approximately 73 up to date maps for anyone who might need to look at them. These maps were made as a result of a flight on Sept. 29, 1978. At that time 98 maps were nade and already 25 of these are out of date. If you would like to see you~ City growing and changing come over and take a look. Questions & snswers Question: What is the City's policy in terms of controlling growth of subdivision developments? Answer: At present there is no one specific set of policies for the control of residential growth. A residential plot moratorium was proposed to City Council and rejected. �. ( 3) A~ Question: · ~,Jhat has been the advantages and disadvantages of the Parks Dept. being on a four day work week? Answer: Advantages: 1. Loading, travel, unloading and clean up time was reduced by 20%. 2. Coffee break time was reduced by 20%. 3. Ability to send seasonal workers home on a rainy day, say Tuesday, and still have 30 working hours left in the week to catch up. 4. Fewer workers per truck on any given day, meaning the number of instances where 2 or 3 workers go together to do a job that one or two could handle was reduced. 5. Workers were available during all of the open hours at City Hall for emergencies, meetings, etc. 6. Having workers on hand in the parks two extra hours per day reduced vandalism. 7. Overtime was reduced. 8. 3-day week-ends diminished absenteeism for personal business. 9. Morale was increased. The main benefit to the employee was, of course, the ability to sched~le three or four-day week-ends without using vacation days. Travel time to and- from work was reduced (leave home earlier; leave work later) as was the resultant air pollution. There were no disadvantages other than some initial scheduling problems. However, most employees were glad to return to the five day work week come winter as Winter's shorter days meant leaving and arriving home in the dark. Further, there was no time to do the small jobs around the house during the long work days, thus they were left until the day off which offset the advantages of the three day week-end. · For the Parks Department, the four day work week was a reasonable solution to the growing season (i.e. long, surnner days), and the accompanying related tasks. The Parks Department hopes to return to this schedule next summer. Day Off £Ji QUESTIO'~S & ANSWEPS , Cont'd. Veteran's Day - November 12 City Hall - closed Recreation Center - Open Thanksgiving Day - November 22 City Hall - Closed Recreation Center - Closed Thanksgiving Friday - November 23 City Hall - Closed Recreation Center - Open 12-l0p.rn. " -n9.J. "0111. t Drink Twenty-seven City Employees and their families enjoyed the hilarious techniques of playwright Woody Allen as they viewed his Broadway comedy "Don't Drink The Water" on Sunday October 28 at the Country Dinner Playhouse in Englewood. The audience enjoyed the antics of a spy behind the Iron Curtain trying to prove his American Citizenship by blurting out such items as "Kate Smith" and "Hershey Bars". The_ v e n t.i-r-e proved to be wo r t.hwh i Le for L~e employees who enjoyed a ·nice lurtcheon and the laughter of the a ft.e r o oon . FIRE: tent. Undate Congr~ts to Mike and Dianne Cutshaw en the birth of their 2nd son Shaun Denver Cutshaw. He came in weighing at 9 lbs. 9½ Ozs and was 22" long. Good Luck to you! ! Thanks to the Thornton Firemen for showing the Recreation Center Itty Bits classes around the firestation. The children really enjoyed ~utting on the firemen's hats and sitting in the fire truck but the sirens were much too loud! �( 4) 1n.n11 1cE ·. I'ULJJ. 1 • • L llze.,..u . 1ry , In order _to secure our Dispatch area, the lobby window at the Police Department will be closed off and a bullet-proof teller window installed for walk-in complaints. Our Records Section will be moved to the Conference Room. A teller window will be installed in the lobby so that the public will have direct access to Records for copies of reports, etc. 1\ new rotary puwer file will also be purchased for Records. The Conrerence Room will be moved to the present records area. Everyone is excited about the changes. They will certainly enhance overall operations and provide security for communications. Several major changes are scheduled to take place within the Police Department's Communications/Records Division over the next two months. As a result of a.busy study conducted by Mountain Bell, we will install the Mountain Bell Comkey 2152 System in the Police Department and the Comkey 416 in the Fire Department. These new systems will replace the outmoded PBX now in use. In addition, they will reduce an alarmingly high busy signal level to an acceptable range. This change will provide separate telephone numbers for the various divisions of the Police Department; Police/Fire Emergencies, Admihistration. Investigations. Records, Information and Ordinance Enforcement. The Fire Department Administration will have new numbe r s as well. The Dispatch workload will be reduced so that they can zero in on their primary functions of handling police/fire emergency calls. An information campaign will be launched to acquaint Thornton citizenry with our new listings. 4- _a · 1tj) -.,. Jt{ecreati.JOil 7T1) -,. ~ xeporr ,t,.. October flew by at the Recreatio~ Center. There are a number of City employees playing in the Volleyball League, (at least 3 teams). HireA-Teen continues to operate in full swing. (Don't forget to call ext 265 if you need a teen to do some odd job for you) . Larry Lillo, Ward Horton, Rick Steele, Art Pontow and Toddy Wobbe,:-:,c attended·t~e Colorado Parks and Recreation Society annual conventio~ on Oct. 10,11,and 12 at Keystone. "Key Into Quality'; was the theme 2:~.::: parks and recreation professionals from all over the state enjoyed the opportunity to meet, get together and share ideas. · We, at the Recreation Center wcc:~ like to bid farewell to Rick Steele who is leaving us this month to go into private business. Good Luck Rick! It's been fun working with you. We'll miss your shiny face i~ our place. Last but not least, our parking lots are finally paved, and ernploye~3 don't forget to come and play voll2~ball over the noon hour on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Don1t forget the Holiday Crafts Fair at the Recreation Center on December 1 & 2. There are still a few spaces left if you would like to sell your crafts. Call Toddy at 265 for details. D Jf.\e. 'fr' 7d Af"' tr» TD n h 1 vi : J\ v£ K Just think! If you had remembered, you couid have had an article on your department in this space. The deadline for submitting articles to the City Chatter is the 15th of each month and anybody can send something in. We really need your support and your articles to make this a paper that is truly the "TEORSTON EMPLOYEES' NEWSLETTER. �'. _. O'BOY! CA/\/DY Each year at Christ~as, City of Thornton Employees and their families and friends may order Russell Stover candy at a discount price. Sandy in the Purchasing Department (ext 242) is taking orders this year. Delivery date for your order will be December 18th, in plenty of time for Christmas. You can also order candy in mailing cartons to ship to our-of-towners. Please place your order by December 3, 1979. Cash only (no checks please). ''}liaropy r"'f-"f,/'11)li 1r· Un I n td 21V ~H U...,;1 ». -~ l.. ~ ~- . -- "' Dept. 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